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Theorising disability lies at the heart of many recent social scientific engagements with the body, subjectivity, culture and society. Disability studies have developed across, through and with disciplines of the social sciences and humanities. The extent to which disability illuminates and puts into practice social theory and, moreover, the potential of social theory to add to our understandings of disability are key themes of this book. This text aims to further examine social theory and disability as resources for thought, action and activism.
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Goodley, D., Hughes, B., Davis, L. (2012). Introducing Disability and Social Theory. In: Goodley, D., Hughes, B., Davis, L. (eds) Disability and Social Theory. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137023001_1
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